Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
“HAVEC”
An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Seneffe · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Herent · since 2009
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Bonheiden · since 2008
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Youth work associations · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Graphic design and visual communication · Hulshout · since 2017
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Activities of interior architects · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Mol · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of DIERENARTS AN HAVET · Veterinary services · Oud-Heverlee · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Eethaven · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2025
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Boom · since 2021
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Ternat · since 2016
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Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Duffel · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Wielsbeke · since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Wevelgem · since 2018
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Other business support services · since 2019
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Warehousing and storage · Kalmthout · since 2024
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Abbreviation of HEYNEN · Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1985
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Lommel · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · since 1987
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Other specialised construction activities · Roeselare · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Temse · since 2010
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Freight transport by road · Lebbeke · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · since 2024
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Trade name of ARJ frères · Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2025
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Event catering · since 2019
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Liège · since 2020
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Abbreviation of ARTS VISUELS ET CREATIFS · Other membership organisations · Comines-Warneton · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Association de l'aviculture, de l'industrie et du commerce de volailles dans les pays de l'union européenne · Pluimveehouderijen, muv kippenkwekerijen · Elsene · since 2005
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Abbreviation of AVEC STUDIO D'ARCHITECTURE · Activities of building architects · Liège · since 2024
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Binche · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Mortsel · since 2026